A 2007/2008 survey by the HSE on work-related illness estimated 34 million lost work days; 28 million due to work
related illness and 6 million due to workplace injury (HSE, 2009). Translating this in monetary terms means an erosion
of a chunk of the profit margins of organisations. Jones et al., (1998) in a similar study reported that 14% of the people
in the United Kingdom who retired early did so because of ill-health and part of these ill-health conditions were
believed to be the result of working conditions or at least made worse by working conditions. A high standard of OHS
correlates positively with high GNP per capita (WHO, 1995).